North Carolina

North Carolina Team (2023 YIC)

Contacts:

Anitra Amankwah, Assistant Facility Director, North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Chandrika Brown, Family Collaboration Coordinator, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Sonja Frison, Psychological Program Manager, NC DPS- Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Shelby Sherba, Evidence Based Practices Administrator, Juvenile Justice Court Services

Nicole Sullivan, Director of Reentry Services, NC Department of Public Safety - Division of Justice Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Capstone Description: 

The North Carolina Team seeks to increase family engagement when youth are placed at DJJDP facilities with the ultimate goal of creating stronger and more successful reentry plans for youth. To do so, the team will create a Family Engagement Coordinator Position, implement a Youth and Family Voice Advocacy Training for DJJDP youth and families, and institute trainings for staff around System of Care and family engagement strategies.

2013 ISCP North Carolina Behavioral Health Team

Contacts:

Sonja Frison, Research Assistant Professor - University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jessica Jones, Reclaiming Futures Project Director - North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Juvenile Justice

Paul Savery, Substance Abuse Treatment Coordinator - North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services

Capstone Description:

Implement training programs on information sharing throughout North Carolina.

Capstone Update (2015): 

The team created a joint juvenile justice behavioral health consent form that includes elements of federal and state laws/statutes, developed a template for data-sharing MOU, and published a Juvenile Justice/Behavioral Health information sharing guide.

2012 MSI (Public) Cherokee Native American Tribe EBCI Team

Contacts: 

David Hutchinson, Trainer and System Developer - Shared Vision Consulting

Brently McCoy, Manager, Higher Education Department - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Tina  Saunooke, Community Coordinator, Safe Babies Court Team Project - Zero to Three

Hannah Smith, Assistant Attorney General - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Christopher Weatherford, Social Worker - Cherokee Boys Club, Inc.

Capstone Description:

Advocate for and build tribal child welfare system.

Capstone Update (2017):

The team created a tribal child welfare system; utilizing a Tribal Title IVE Plan Development Grand, the team was able to establish laws necessary for a comprehensive child protection and foster care system, as well as policies and procedures for an Integrated Child Welfare Team. In the process, the team was also able to amend the tribal juvenile justice laws to increase the age of juvenile delinquency to 18 years old. The team also help facilitated a RBA training for the entire tribal division of Public Health and Human Services, as well as staff from law enforcement and behavioral health. As of October 2017, the Tribe has successfully developed and implemented the Family Safety Program, which is a child welfare and protection program similar to a Department of Social Services in a state system, has 25 licensed tribal foster homes, and processed almost 1000 reports of child maltreatment cases involving over 1500 youth.

2022 BSC Cumberland County, NC Team

Johnny Wilson, Executive Director, Fayetteville Urban Ministry, Inc.

Michael O'Key, PhD Student/Member, Stanford University/NCGCC/JJPC

Crystal Wynn-Lewis, RE/D Coordinator, NCDPS - Juvenile Justice

Jason Hunter, Chief Court Counselor, NCDPS Division of Adult Corrections & Juvenile Justice

2011 MSI (Public) Mecklenburg County Team

Contacts:

Kimm Campbell, Director, Systems of Care and Forensic Evaluations - Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health

Dana Frady, District Administrator - Judicial District 26 Guardian ad Litem Program

Michelle Lancaster, Sandlin, General Manager - Mecklenburg County

Laura McFern, Chief Court Counselor - North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Louis Trosch, District Court Judge - North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts

Mary Wilson, Director, Department of Social Services - Mecklenburg County

Capstone Description:

Develop an integrated Children’s Services Division (CSD) that includes public child and family services within the System of Care framework; Establish common understanding of current services, policies, and procedures; assessments, definitions, tools, service-mapping,  within the public systems impacting crossover youth; Maximize use of funding and resources available to support crossover youth and their families; Raise awareness of disproportionality of youth of color and the role individuals play in the perpetuation of disparities.

2010 MSI (Private) Waynesville/Cherokee Jurisdiction Participant

Contact:

Patricia Long, System Development Program Coordinator/Director Juvenile Justice Treatment Continuum Project - Meridian Behavioral Health Services

Capstone Description:

Create and improve foster care placements and services (including services that will allow youth to remain with their biological families) for crossover youth within the tribe's jurisdiction, in order to decrease the number of youth placed outside of the tribe's jurisdiction.